Many of us travel on Indian trains. Keeping in mind the convenience of passengers, Indian Railways is operating thousands of trains across the country. However, to travel on the train, passengers are required to purchase a ticket. If you do not buy a ticket while traveling by train. If caught in such a situation, you can be fined. Considering different classes in the train, fares also vary. Have you ever thought about how fares are decided on Indian trains? If not, then today we are going to tell you about this. Apart from this, fares for different types of trains also vary. For example, the fare of the Shatabdi Express train is higher than Rajdhani or other trains. How are train fares decided? Very few people know about this. Let us understand this in detail -
For your information, let us tell you that the biggest factor in deciding train fare is kilometer. The greater the distance, the higher the fare.
Distance is also divided into many categories. For example, the categories are 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-25 and 4951-5000 kilometers.
In this case, the more distance you cover. The more fare you will be charged. Not only this, the fare of trains also increases or decreases depending on the facilities available on the train.
Apart from this, the fare also increases or decreases depending on the speed of the train. The fares of many trains keep changing from time to time. However, train fares are lower than buses, taxis, or other private vehicles.
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